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BREAKING: Trump and Qatar’s emir discuss efforts for de-escalation in the region during phone call
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/vt3gv4?update=51276…
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🇮🇶🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iraq is now calculating where RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT would go if the U.S. bombs Iran's nuclear sites.
Its nuclear regulator says there's no immediate danger, and Iraq would likely be spared most of the fallout thanks to distance, mountain shielding and favorable winds.
Still, emergency plans are ready, and IAEA-linked stations are monitoring radiation levels.
Meanwhile, Trump keeps threatening Iran's fortified Pickaxe Mountain site, though he says he "wouldn't use nuclear."
When your neighbor starts calculating radioactive fallout and checking which way the wind blows, you know things are getting tense.
Sources: Shafaq News, NINA / Writer: Julie
Turkey halts Turkmen gas imports via Iran under US pressure middleeasteye.net/news/turke…
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“I would rather not destroy the country if possible, but maybe I’ll have to”.
US President Donald Trump says he may have to “destroy” Iran, warning that the country could take 25 years to rebuild after the US-Israel war.
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Trump:
We’re going to do a lot of things. You’ll be seeing a lot of things over the next week, two weeks.
We have a lot of things cooking.
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Iran has sent the US a nuclear proposal via Qatar, which is to be discussed only after Washington meets its seven demands, a senior Iranian official tells Reuters.
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#Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and #UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed held a phone call tonight to discuss the latest regional developments in light of ongoing diplomatic efforts to preserve regional stability.
#Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi held separate phone calls with the foreign ministers of Qatar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Jordan, Kuwait and Cyprus to discuss the regional situation and diplomatic initiatives to deescalate.
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BREAKING: Shortly after Putin’s face-to-face meeting with Iranian SNSC Secretary Mohsen Rezaei, Russia has again warned its citizens to stay away from Iran amid fears of a renewed military escalation. Moscow has reiterated the exact same travel warning it issued on February 28, the day the war began, per Russia’s Foreign Ministry.
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Saudi Arabia asked the Houthis what it would take to make peace. The response: $51 billion. wsj.com/world/middle-east/sa… via @WSJ
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Conservative newspapers in Iran are comparing the 2026 U.S. elections to the 1980 presidential election, when Jimmy Carter lost to Ronald Reagan and became a one-term president largely because he failed to resolve the Iran hostage crisis
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Breaking news: JD Vance has blamed Donald Trump’s war in Iran for Republicans’ midterms wipeout, as the US vice-president’s long-held frustrations over the conflict spilled into the open. Tap for live updates ft.trib.al/y468bvN
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TEDÜ, Başkent Ü. ve TOBB ETÜ Siyaset Bilimi ve/veya Uluslararası İlişkiler bölümlerinin işbirliğinde gerçekleşen bu etkinlikle çok övünüyoruz.👏🧿 @GulrizSen @birgul_demirtas
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BREAKING: The U.S. is reportedly preparing for an imminent attack on Iran as a massive airlift of advanced air defense systems rushes into southern Israel from Fort Bliss and Ramstein Air Base, per flight-tracking data.
Multiple USAF C-17 cargo aircraft, including RCH748, departed military hubs in Texas, staged through Ramstein Air Base in Germany, and touched down at Nevatim and Ovda airbases in the Negev before immediately returning to Europe.
The same airlift pattern was observed in the days before the previous strike on Iran. Washington is rapidly replenishing THAAD and Patriot anti-missile batteries in southern Israel, positioning layered defenses ahead of an expected wave of Iranian ballistic missile retaliation.
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NEW: Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary said Washington must answer Tehran’s seven conditions “completely and explicitly.”
He said Hormuz would reopen only then.
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Qatari mediators expect feedback from US and Iran within 36 hours on new proposal to advance talks – official briefed on the talks to Reuters
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Some noticeable figures here:
- 78% of the respondents (thus excluding non-respondent surveyed persons) support a democratic system defined as political pluralism and government accountability
- only 9% support a non-competitive Islamic regime
What seems to be the largest public opinion survey in #Syria’s history just dropped.
3,600 Syrians. Every governorate. 500+ questions. Fieldwork Sept 28 to Oct 15, 2026. Margin of error ±2-3%.
What Syrians actually want, in their own numbers 🧵
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BREAKING: Days after three days of U.S.-Iran mediation talks in Doha ended without a breakthrough, a Qatari government Airbus A320 (A7-AAG) has just landed in Tehran after flying out of Doha, per Flightradar24.
The aircraft belongs to Qatar Amiri Flight, the VIP fleet used by Qatar’s royal family and senior government officials.
The flight comes as Gulf states brace for another round of war, fearing Iranian retaliation could hit oil facilities, airports and desalination plants, per the Financial Times. UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash warned: “If these positions are not bridged, then we have to worry about the worst.”